Zingano and Tate were awarded “Fight of the Night” honors, while
Browne and Pineda earned “Knockout of the Night” and “Submission of
the Night” for their respective finishes of Gabriel
Gonzaga and Justin
Lawrence. The evening’s main card aired live on FX and was
capped by Urijah
Faber’s fourth-round submission of Scott
Jorgensen in the bantamweight main event.

Tate immediately grabbed the reins of the second women’s bout in
UFC history, taking it to Zingano in the early going. However,
“Alpha” began to turn the tide late in round two, landing a series
of clean shots to her opponent’s face in a trend that would carry
over into the third frame. Zingano was relentlessly aggressive in
the final stanza, battering Tate with a series of knees against the
cage to earn the technical knockout victory and a guaranteed title
shot.

Just prior to that exciting affair, Browne made quick work of
Gonzaga, stuffing the former title challenger’s takedown attempts
with ease before landing a series of sharp elbows to his
doubled-over opponent that relieved Gonzaga of his consciousness in
just 71 seconds.

Pineda kicked the event off with a dominant win over Lawrence,
planting the “TUF 15” alum on his back before locking up a kimura
from side control. After cinching his grip and improving his angle,
the former Legacy Fighting Championship titlist wrenched Lawrence’s
arm behind his back, forcing “The American Kid” to wince in pain as
he submitted 1:35 into round one.